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Leiophyllites suessi

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Monophyllites suessi was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). Its type specimen is GBA 1698 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria. It is the type species of Leiophyllites.

It was recombined as Leiophyllites suessi by Spath (1934), Kummel (1969) and Wiedmann (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Monophyllites suessi von Mojsisovics p. 205 figs. Pl 79, fig 4
1934Leiophyllites suessi Spath
1969Leiophyllites suessi Kummel
1970Leiophyllites suessi Wiedmann p. 969 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusLeiophyllitesDiener 1915
speciessuessi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Leiophyllites suessi von Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
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